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Never Gonna Give You Up:Toward a Never Gonna Let You Down

Rick Astley11The 80s

David E. Jacobs2 Jongmin Baek2 Andrew Adams1,22Stanford University

Figure 1: We’re no strangers to love. You know the rules, and so do I (left and middle, respectively.) A full commitment’s what I’m thinkingof–you wouldn’t get this from any other guy (right.)

Abstract

Ooh ooh. We’re no strangers to love. You know the rules, and so doI. A full commitment’s what I’m thinking of– You wouldn’t get thisfrom any other guy. I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling; Gottamake you understand.

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

CR Categories: I.13.2 [Never]: Gonna—Give You Up I.13.3[Never]: Gonna—Let You Down

Keywords: never gonna, I lost the game, ameliorate

1 Never Gonna Give You Up

We’ve known each other for so long. Your heart’s been aching but,you’re too shy to say it. Inside we both know what’s been going on.We know the game and we’re gonna play it. And if you ask me howI’m feeling, don’t tell me you’re too blind to see.

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

2 Never Gonna Let You Down

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

Ooh, give you up. Ooh, give you up. Ooh. Never gonna give–nevergonna give. (Give you up.) Ooh. Never gonna give, never gonnagive. Give you up.

Figure 2: I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling; gotta make youunderstand.

3 Never Gonna Run Around and Desert You

We’ve know each other for so long, Your heart’s been aching but,You’re too shy to say it. Inside we both know what’s been goingon. We know the game and we’re gonna play it. I just wanna tellyou how I’m feeling; Gotta make you understand.

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

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Figure 3: We’ve known each other for so long. Your heart’s beenaching but, you’re too shy to say it.

4 Never Gonna Make You Cry

Ooh ooh. We’re no strangers to love. You know the rules, and so doI. A full commitment’s what I’m thinking of– You wouldn’t get thisfrom any other guy. I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling; Gottamake you understand.

Figure 4: Inside we both know what’s been going on. We know thegame and we’re gonna play it. And if you ask me how I’m feeling,don’t tell me you’re too blind to see.

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

We’ve known each other for so long. Your heart’s been aching but,you’re too shy to say it. Inside we both know what’s been going on.We know the game and we’re gonna play it. And if you ask me howI’m feeling, don’t tell me you’re too blind to see.

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

5 Never Gonna Say Goodbye

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

Ooh, give you up. Ooh, give you up. Ooh. Never gonna give–nevergonna give. (Give you up.) Ooh. Never gonna give, never gonnagive. Give you up.

We’ve know each other for so long, Your heart’s been aching but,You’re too shy to say it. Inside we both know what’s been goingon. We know the game and we’re gonna play it. I just wanna tellyou how I’m feeling; Gotta make you understand.

6 Never Gonna Tell a Lie and Hurt You

Figure 5: Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down.Never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make youcry. Never gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonnarun around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Nevergonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank James McCann for thoughtful com-ments and support throughout the development of this paper. Wewould also like to thank Abe Davis for being a good sport and ac-tually reading until the end of this paper. No more Rick Rolls willcome from Jim–You can trust him.

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